Thoughts on Entertainment

As far as I'm concerned, the local TV affiliates should keep their politics to themselves (or to their own editorial channels) or decide to not be an affiliate.

I saw the premiere of _Superman_ Thursday night, and was happy to see that it was a colorful, positive movie with a solid version of the character that the new James Gunn-led DCU can build on. I think that it is a great movie for kids, normies, and comic book fans alike.

For serious fans of the MCU, I think Captain America: Brave New World is a downright good movie. For more casual fans, this movie is likely going to be a miss, since it draws on Marvel titles many won't have seen or won't remember. More at the link.

This article is a good take on why the show's "wokeness" is a real strength. I continue to enjoy the show, and recommend it.

I watched the first two episodes of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" on Disney+, and I'm impressed.

The commercials during Netflix’s football broadcasts are a slippery slope that leads to ads at all levels of the service. Mark my words: accept ads here, and we’ll all be paying top dollar as well as watching ads in no time.

A football game is long because of all the commercials and downtime between plays. These ~15 min versions of the games are great, even if—like me—you're not a football fan. This particular game is a good one, but I think that several of the recent ones are also good.

I found this episode of "On With Kara Swisher" to be an excellent listen. Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, is a fascinating guest and Swisher did a good job interviewing him. It's definitely worth a listen if you're at all interested in LLMs and AI.

That's $11M too much, but I'm glad to see the correct signals getting sent.

I've steadfastly refused to watch any of Sony's Spider-Man spinoffs. The only way we can get this kind of garbage to stop is to stop paying to see them. That includes watching them "for free" when they make their way to streaming services.